NATIONAL TREASURE IS NEXT ON LEWIS LIST

LEWIS FERGUSON would love to cap off a dream season by shining for Scotland in their summer friendlies.

- By Scott Burns

The midfielder joins up with Steve Clarke’s squad fresh from lifting the Coppa Italia with Bologna, who beat the mighty AC Milan 1-0 in the final.

The national team take on Iceland at Hampden on Friday before travelling to face Liechtenstein on Monday as they bring the curtain down on season 2024/25.

Clarke will be using the two friendlies to fine-tune his tactics and personnel ahead of World Cup qualifying, which kicks off away to Denmark in September.

And Ferguson is determined to establish himself as a regular after winning most of his 14 caps to date off the bench.

The 25-year-old said: “I want to play for Scotland. It is an honour every time I’m selected and I want to win as many caps as I can and do as well as I can for my country. It is massive for me.

“I want to finish the season strongly. Hopefully I can get involved in these last two games with Scotland and we get a good couple of performances and results ahead of the World Cup qualifiers.”

Clarke has led the Scots to qualification for back-to-back European Championship finals but the World Cup remains the Holy Grail.